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Friday, September 13, 2019 Subscribe to our weekly dairy or livestock email newsletter at CapitalPress.com/newsletters DAIRY MARKETS Lee Mielke Cheese prices rally past $2 By LEE MIELKE For the Capital Press C ME block cheese climbed to its highest price since November 2014 in the Labor Day hol- iday-shortened week, clos- ing Friday at $1.9975 per pound, up 6 3/4-cents on the week and 33 1/2-cents above a year ago. The barrels finished at $1.7425, a half-cent higher on the week and 24 1/4-cents above a year ago, when they fell 14 1/2-cents. The blocks hit $2 per pound Monday while the bar- rels jumped 5 3/4-cents to $1.80. The fuse was lit and the blocks were propelled 5 1/4-cents Tuesday, hitting $2.0525, the highest price since Nov. 10, 2014. The barrels added 2 cents Tuesday, reaching $1.82, highest since Nov. 9, 2016, but were a whopping 23 1/4-cents below the blocks. Cheesemakers in the Midwest continue to report mostly positive sales, according to Dairy Market News. Food service orders increased, as many schools have returned. Cheese pro- duction is steady. Milk handers suggest cheese pro- ducers are “somewhat sat- isfied” with their internally sourced milk supplies. Spot prices ranged 50 cents under to $1 over Class III. In week 36 last year, prices were $1 to $2 over, and in 2017 they were dis- counted from $2 to $4 under class. DMN adds that Hurri- cane Dorian, which affected mostly the Southeastern por- tion of the country, kept milk loads in the upper Midwest last week. Western cheese demand is active and export sales have remained stable despite higher U.S prices. Domes- tic cheese requests are on the up side. Cheese needs for school lunch programs and the demand for the football season are helping maintain consumption at a high level. Inventories have declined a bit. Processing is steady, with manufacturing plants running close to full capacity. Cash butter remains under pressure and closed Friday at $2.1725 per pound, down 1 3/4-cents on the week, low- est CME price since July 6, 2018, and 5 3/4-cents below a year ago. 9 CapitalPress.com Dairy/Livestock IDFA supports more milk options in schools By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press As students head back to the classroom, the Interna- tional Dairy Foods Associ- ation is hoping a national survey of consumers will encourage lawmakers to provide more milk offer- ings in schools. Currently only fat- free and low-fat 1% milk, unflavored and flavored, are allowed in school nutrition programs. Low- fat flavored milk had been banned in 2012 but returned to schools as an option in February fol- lowing USDA’s final rule allowing it last December. IDFA would like to see more milk options in schools, including the full- er-fat milk youngsters con- sume at home. Adult consumers over- whelmingly believe Carol Ryan Dumas/Capital Press File Children at Immanuel Lutheran School in Twin Falls, Idaho, enjoy chocolate milk. A new poll found that, in addition to flavored milk, consumers prefer 2% and whole milk over lower fat milk. reduced-fat 2% and whole milk are the most nutritious types of milk, according to a national poll taken in August by Morning Con- sult in partnership with IDFA. The survey found 67% of respondents chose those two options, with 36% choosing 2% milk and 31% choosing whole milk. It also found 53% believe it is important to offer those fuller-fat options in school meals. In addition, the sur- vey found at least 86% of adults think dairy milk is more nutritious than other beverages, including plant-based alternatives. “The results of the poll affirm that the vast major- ity of the public believes dairy milk is nutritious and they believe it is import- ant to have more dairy milk options for their kids at school,” Matt Herrick, IDFA senior vice president for executive and strategic communications, told Cap- ital Press. Outside school pro- grams, the survey found 46% of respondents par- ticipating in the Supple- mental Nutrition Assis- tance Program — known as SNAP — believe whole milk is the most nutritious and 30% believe 2% is the most nutritious. Respondents with annual incomes under $50,000, which include SNAP partic- ipants and recipients of the Women, Children and Infants nutrition program known as WIC, also weighed in for fuller-fat milks. In that demo- graphic, 36% believe 2% milk is the most nutritious and 34% believed whole milk tips the scale. The poll also gauged opin- ions along party lines, find- ing 67% of Democrats and 68% of Republicans think 2% and whole milk are the most nutritious. It also tracked responses by gender, finding 66% of females and 68% of males believe 2% and whole milk are the most nutritious. It is important that pol- icymakers and regulators who influence what consum- ers eat stay grounded in what American families prefer and value, and the poll shows support for fuller-fat milk, according to IDFA. “Now we will bring that message back to the public and to policymakers and deci- sion makers in the govern- ment,” Herrick said. USDA to reimburse some milk donations “The milk donation program is another example of members of Congress finding positive, creative ways to get nutritious Dairy cooperatives and milk proces- milk to low-income Americans who need sors can apply for partial reimbursement it,” Matt Herrick, IDFA senior vice presi- for milk they donate to the needy through dent for executive and strategic communi- cations, told Capital Press. a new program administered by USDA. In an earlier letter to The Milk Donation Senate Agriculture Com- Reimbursement Pro- mittee Chairman Pat gram, authorized by the Roberts and Ranking 2018 Farm Bill, goes into Member Debbie Stabe- effect Sept. 16. now, IDFA stated the The program is aimed program will provide at both reducing food many more families with waste and providing the nutritional benefits of nutrition assistance with a milk. $9 million budget in Fis- cal Year 2019 and $5 mil- “We firmly believe lion annually thereafter. that the tremendous pro- ductive capacity of the Under the program, nation’s dairy farmers eligible dairy organiza- tions must partner with and processors can be nonprofit organizations utilized to aid food inse- cure populations,” the that distribute food to letter stated. low-income individuals. NMPF is pleased to Eligible dairy orga- nizations are coopera- see USDA roll out the tives or processors that program and will do incur qualified expenses what it can to ensure its by accounting to a Fed- success, Jim Mulhern, eral Milk Marketing NMPF president and Order pool for fluid milk CEO, stated. Dairy cooperatives and donations. “As the dairy indus- The reimbursements processors can receive partial try continues to con- will offset a portion of the reimbursement for milk front market uncertainty, we are grateful for new raw milk cost for donated donations. tools that help get dairy milk. Only Class I fluid milk products produced and processed in products more quickly to those in need,” he said. the U.S. are eligible for reimbursement. “By helping dairy producers and coop- The dairy organization and nonprofit organization must submit a joint plan for eratives donate fluid milk to food banks eligibility and approval by USDA Agricul- and other outlets, the program helps dairy tural Marketing Service. farmers feed Americans,” he said. Plans for FY 2019 can reflect donations Donation and distribution plans for FY made from Oct. 1, 2018, through Sept. 30, 2019 and FY 2020 are due Nov. 6. Claims 2019. for FY 2019 are due by Feb. 6, 2020. The National Milk Producers Feder- Claims for FY 2020 will be processed ation and the International Dairy Foods quarterly once plans have been approved Association both support the program. and are due by Dec. 31, 2020. By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press HARVESTING DRYING ODFA Oregon State Fair 4-H showmanship winners Tyler Seals, left, and Justin Woods. Oregon dairy youth show their stuff at state fair By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press Oregon Dairy Farmers Association is proud of its dairy youth, highlight- ing the accomplishments of two who took top hon- ors in the 4-H dairy show at the Oregon State Fair. Tyler Seals was named Champion Senior 4-H Showman for the second consecutive year, and Jus- tin Woods claimed Cham- pion Intermediate 4-H Showman. Seals exhibited both Jerseys and Holsteins and had the Grand Champion Holstein of the 4-H show. He is a senior at Nestucca High School and plans to enroll at Tillamook Bay Community College next fall. He is a member of the National Honor Society and was on the state win- ning FFA Dairy Judging team last year that placed fifth at the National FFA Contest. He is the son of Dave POLISHING and Kim Seals, Sunny Ridge Dairy in Tillamook, and enjoys everything about his family’s dairy with calf care as his favor- ite job. In addition to taking Intermediate 4-H Show- man, Woods also exhib- ited the Jr. Champion Jer- sey and Grand Champion Guernsey at the 4-H show. He is a sophomore at Nestucca High School and also participated in both 4-H and FFA at the Tilla- mook County Fair. He was the Reserve Champion FFA Showman at the county fair and the High Individ- ual in both the FFA and 4-H Dairy Judging Contest at the county fair. He is the son of Greg and Melissa Woods, Foland Creek Dairy in Beaver, and has been very involved with his family’s dairy farm and most enjoys working with equipment. ODFA sponsors belt buckles for the 4-H show- manship winners at the state fair. 503-932-0766 37-4/110 Klopfenstein Ag Service Paid Advertisement “A common story is that kids ranches; “I branded beef at our ranch business successful. Her four older brothers We’re really diverse and we large scale co-ops, and I didn’t want to run the ranch. raised on a ranch see their parents broke. It was so are vertically integrated.” calved out heifers in canyons They had a tenancy in important to me that my kids without cell service. I came common agreement. “After could see a different reality. McAlister now runs the ranch about 15 years of me being home with things I loved Every day, this is a gift.” with her daughter Schott, as and things I didn’t,” says on the ranch, one of them well as her son, James Nash, Schott. She’s also recently wanted their money out, he As Adele puts it, “growing and their families. All share a wanted to force a sale. But I worked with the Ag of the up, I always felt like a big vision for the ranch to Middle program to connect didn’t accept that. The good produce healthy food, restore solution was buying them all part of the family business.” with professionals and peers McAlister says, “I benefit a Adele Schott and Liza Jane McAlister of 6 Ranch. ecosystems, and preserve to make their business better. out,” says McAlister. “That Photo credit: Natalie McPharland lot from my kids pointing western traditions (including taught me to make sure that stuff out. Our business using horses, ropes and dogs I had things squared up for Schott’s advice on succession By Ashley Rood, benefits from that—I to manage their Corriente planning is to: “keep an open my kids–to keep Rogue Farm Corps Ranch in Enterprise, Ore. wouldn’t have the successes cattle). Nash runs a fly-fishing dialogue and always put the communication open all the “The challenge for our family At the heart of creating a that I do without them.” and hunting business from common goal of leaving the time.” is not so much succession thriving business for 6 Ranch the ranch. While Schott and land and business better for after death, we have a good is open communication, Schott’s perspective is her husband are taking over the next generation at the “The important thing about plan for that, but it’s the shared decision making, and informed by skills earned off the grass-fed beef business. forefront.” succession, is how you raise active succession—how do clear goals. Fourth-generation the ranch, from a culinary your family while you’re we support multiple families owner Liza Jane McAlister degree to working on other McAlister learned about More online… ranching,” says McAlister. on the ranch,” says Adele says that “we’re doing succession the hard way. Schott, fifth generation at 6 everything we can to make For resources on farm transfer visit: https://www.roguefarmcorps.org/resources 37-3/103 View from the Middle of a Ranch Transfer: Three Generations on 6 Ranch - A Changing Hands Story
